Woman&#39;s undergarment



5. SALKiND WOMENS UNDERGARMENT May 21, 1929/ Filed March 25, 192'? 5 Sheets-Sheet y 21, 1929- s. SALE-(END 3 3 WOMEN'S UNDERGARMENT Filed March 25, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 May 21, 1929. a SALKWD 1,113,922

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WOMENS UNDERGARMENT Filed March 25, 1927 5 Sheets-5heet 5 iii Patented May 21, 1929.

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SUNIA FEALKINID, 0 LONDUN ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HARVEY NICHOLS AND COEF- PANY LIMITED, 0F LONDON, ENGLAND, A CORPURATION OF GREAT BRITAIN.

WOMANS 'UNDERGARMENT.

Application filed March 25, 192?, Serial NO. 178,281, and in Great Britain March 27, 1926.

This invention relates to womens combination undergarments, and has for object to produce a reducing effect on the diaphragm, the abdomen and posterior while at the same time conducing to the comfort of the wearer and imparting elegance to the figure. The garment is therefore, particularly suitable for full figures although obviously, it cannot but be also appropriate for wear by slim women and girls.

According to this invention the garment, comprising in combination a brassiere and camisole with shoulder-sraps, is furnished in front with an inner diaphragm-supporting part or apron secured at the top to the upper part of the camisole-portion or camisole, tapering downwards and provided at its lower end with stocking-suspenders and a posteriorsupporting and reducing part formed at the back also provided with stocking suspenders. @r the posterior-supporting part consists ot a rear inner depending apron secured at the back to the top of the camisole or bra. are gradually increasing in Width downwards and provided at each lower corner with an elastic band having a stockingsuspender. if desired one end of an elastic band is connected to each lower corner of the rear depending part, the stocking; suspender is slidahle thereon and the other end oi the elastic band is secured to the bottom oi the camisole portion at the sine. The front and back portions of the biasnere or the upper part of thc camisole or both is or are suitably divided at each side and the said portions are connected. to get her by a short piece or straps of elastic material. The front siupporting part or apron is conveniently made in the shape ofan inverted truncated cone with the base attached by sewing to the inside of the top of the camisole-portion and the upper ends of a pair of stocking-suspend is are stitched or buttoned to the lower and narrow part near together and side by side. The rear reducing part or apron is also suitably made in the shape of a truncated cone with a base of part circular shape and sewn at the top to the inside oi the top of the camisoleportion. Or the rear inner depending posterior-supporting and reducing part or apron may be dispensed with and the elastic stocking suspenders are secured to the camisole-portion at the sides, the camisole being so shaped that it then takes the place and performs the function 01" the said rear inner depending part. The knickers or knickerportions are preferably cut full to allow plenty of freedom for the movement of the legs and may be slit at the sides or provided with a tab between the legs stitched to the back and detachably connected to the front by press-button fastening or the like. l5cing cut full the knickers may also enable the wearer to dispense with an under slip or petticoat. (in the other hand a short skirt may be substituted for the k; ckers or the garment may be made without either knickers or skirt but in that case the camisole-portion is suitably made somewhat longer.

And in order that the invention may be readily understood and carried into effect, reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l. is a pers )ective ViQW of one construction of garment broken away in parts in front to clearly show the constructionoi the diaphragm supporting part.

Figure 2 is a somewhat similar View token more from the side than Figure l and broken away in parts atthe back to show the construction of the posterio: reducing part and Figure 3 is a View of the garment turned inside out to show still more clearly the shape and construction of the posterior reducing part and one method of connecting the s'i'tocking suspenders thereto. 7

re l is a perspective VlGW ot the lower part of a garment showing, another method of connecting stocking suspenders thereto.

Figure 5 is a se 'tional side elevation of a modified CifH'lftjlllCttOal of garment in which the lz-a k of the camisole terms the posteriorreduciug part.

Figure 6 is a perspective View of a gal ment provided with a short skirt and Figure 7 is a similar View of a garment having neither knickers nor skirt.

iccording to the construction illustated by Figures 1, 2 and 8, the garment is suitably 31 inches round the bust and 36 inches round the hips with an upper or brassiereportion ('0 of lace 2 inches in depth, reinforced at the upper edge and provided with shoulder-straps 0, the combined brassiere a and camisole-portion c is 16 inches in depth and the knickers-portion (Z is about 38 inches round and 8 inches deep with a lace edging of, say, e inches. The upper parts, consist knickers (Z, suitably made of silk orcrepe de chine, are cut full and part circular or curved both n front and behind, being slightly deeper in the middle than at the sides and a flounce or edging of scalloped lace 3 to 4 inches wideissoinewhat gathered at the upwardly curved sides and continues'up to the tops of the slits formed by the upward curved parts g which terminate at the bottom of the camisole portion but which are covered by the overlapping parts of the spine and over the posterior.

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ducing part or apron 71 1s, moreover, cut holot the lace tlounce that place. The front diaphragm supporting part or apron Zr and the back supporting part or apron i are also suitably made of porous silk tricot, and both are connected at the top to the camisole portion 0. The front supporting part It is 10 inch'es wide at the top and there connected by sewing to the camisole portion a, it is l inchesv wide at the bottom with a deptn or length of about 10 inches and two elastic stocking-suspenders 7c are stitched side by side tothe bottom of the saidfront supporting part. The stocking suspenders is, being then engaged with the stocking inside the legs, exert and pull on the front- Clltphragm supporting or apron-part h and tend to gently compress the dlaphragm and the stocking suspenders similarly engage the abdomen. At the back ofthe knickers (Z is sewn th usual connecting tab Z, 1 ,5; inches wide and 6 inches long, furnished atits free end with two or three press-buttons, and the knickers are provided in front with a similar number of corresponding p ress-button fas-' tenings sewn on to a piece of fabric stitched to the knickers. This arrangement of detacln able connection is well known andis only partly shown in Figure 3 so as not to complicate the other drawings. Or the tab may be iermanently joined in known manner at both ends to the knickers, if desired, the

knickers are cut full and slit at the sides.

The rear reducing part i is about 5 inches wide at. the top, 12 inches wide at the bottom and about- 16 inches from top to bot.- tom so as to extend well down to the bottom The sides may be straight or slightly curved in- The bottom or base of the rear, re-

low or curved inwards and each lower corner, where one end of an elastic s'uspender band or strap m is attached, may, if desired,

be cut oil square at n as. shown in Figures 2 and 3. These suspender straos m are conveniently about 10 inches long and each free end of a strap, after passing it through the loop or ring 0 or a stocking Suspender, is

permanently' connected at p to the lower corner of the rear reducing part or apron i and so exerts a certain amount of compression on the. posterior.

This garment may be slipped on over the ordinary corset anc while being extremely comfortable, gives an unbroken and graceful, line to the frock or gown in front and at the back even to a full .ligure. l or slim women and girls, in some circumstances, it will prove to be sufiicient underwear or may be worn for example over a chemise-vest of woven silk or woollen gauze.

The construction shownin Figure l, is very similar to that just described, the only difference being that the rear Suspender straps m are connected only to the lower outer ends at n to therear reducing part i. The camisole-portion 0 may also be provided with stockingsuspenders Q connected thereto at p. 7 r V 7 On referring to Figure 5, it will be seen that the rear inner depending reducing part or apronvl is dispensed with. As in the previous instances, the brassiere a. with shoulder-straps b is connected to, the top of the camisole portion 0 and is furnished at each side with elastic bands or insertion c.

the rear, the stocking suspenders m which,

together with thejback of the camisole portion have the effect 01 supporting and reducing the posterior.

The modification shown in Figure 6 illusrates a garment madevery similar to that shown in Figure 5, that is, the camisole portion 0 provided with stocking suspenders maths front inner depending diaphragmand abdomen-supporting portion it is furnished with stocking suspenders 7c and the separate rear inner depending posterior- SQljDPOlftlng and reducing part is dispensed with. In this case, however, the knickers are dispensed with and a short skirt .9 is substituted therefor. I

Finally, on referring to Figure 'Z, it will be seen that both knickersand skirt are dispensed with, the camisole-portion 7c trimmed with a; flounce or edging of lace f, and

provided with short stocking suspenders m at the sides; The front inner depending part 1 7iis shaped as before described and is "fur- If denished with stocking suspenders 70.

sired, this garment may also be proviced with a rear inner depending posterior reducing part or a ron such as marked 71 with suspenders m in Figures 1, 2 and 3 or as shown in Figure at.

For a full figure, the front inner depending part 71- is generally made wider, as shown, and if there be a rear inner depending part such as is shown at 11 in Figures 1, 2 and 3, for example, this may also be wider and particularly so at the bottom according to the wearers figure.

The camisole-portion of these garments may be made for example, of mercerized cellular cotton, \ashable net, tulle tricot, or other suitable material. The depending front and/or rear supporting iortions are suitably made of the same kind of material and of single or double thickness and the lrniclrersor skirt-portion is conveniently made of sill: or any other suitable material.

I claim 1. A combination undergarment comprising an upper portion consisting of a brassiere and a bodice, shoulder straps secured to the top of said upper portion, a downwardly tapering diaphragm supporting part located inside of, secured to and depending "from the top of the upper portion, stocking suspenders secured to the lower edge of the said diaphragm supporting part, a posterior supporting and reducing part formed at the back of the garment and stocking suspenders secured to the lower part thereof.

2. A combination under-garment comprising an upper portion consisting of a brassiere and a bodice, shoulder straps secured to the top of said upper portion, a nether garment portion, a downwardly tapering diaphragm supporting part secured to and depending from the top oi the upper portion and located inside thereof, stocking suspenderssecured to the lower edge oi the said diaphragm supporting part, a posterior supporting and reducing part secured at the top to the top of the back of the upper portion, and stocking suspenders secured to the lower corners of the said posterior supporting part and to the lower edge of said upper portion.

3. A combination undergarment comprising an upper portion consisting of a brassiere and a bodice, shoulder straps secured to the top of said upper portion, a nether {,!,'t1t111(?1lt portion, a downwardly ta 'iering diaphragm supportingpart secured to and depending from the top of the upper portion and located inside thereof, stocking suspenders secured to the lower edge of the said diaphragm supporting part, a depending posterior supporting and reducing part, increasing in width downwards and secured at the back to the top of the said upper portion, and stocking suspenders secured to the lower corners of the said posterior supporting part.

d. A combination undergarment comprising an upper portion consisting of a brassiere and a bodice, shoulder straps secured to the top of the said upper portion, a nether garment portion, a downwardly tapering diaphragm supporting part located inside the garment secured to and depending from the top of the upper portion, stocking susponders secured to the lower edge of the said diaphragm supporting part, a depending posterior supporting and reducing part located within the garment, increasing in width downwards, inwardly curved at the bottom and secured at the'back to the top of the bodice portion, and stocking suspenders secured to the lower corners of the posterior supporting and reducing part.

5. A combination undergarment comprising an upper portionconsisting of a brassiere and a bodice, shoulder straps secured to the top of said upper portion, a nether garment portion, a downwardly tapering diaphragm supporting part located inside the garment, secured to and depending from the top of the said upper portion, stocking suspenders secured to the lower edge of the said diaphragm supporting part, a depending posterior supporting and reducing part located within the garment, increasing in width downwards, inwardly curved at the bottom and secured at the back to the top of the said upper portion, straps secured at one end to the posterior supporting part and at the other end and at the side to the lower edge of the upper portion of the garment and stocking suspenders, each slidable on a strap.

6. A combination undergarment oomprising an upper brassiere portion, divided at each side to form front and rear portions, and a bodice, elastic straps connecting the front and rear portions olsaid upper portion, shoulder straps secured to the top of said upper portion, a nether garment portion, a downwardly tapering diaphragm supporting part located inside the garment, secured to and depending from the top of the said upper portion, stocking suspenders secured to the lower part of the said dia phragm supporting part, depending posterior-supporting and reducing part located within the garment increasing in width downwards, inwardly curved at the bottom and secured at the back to the top of the said upper portion, straps secured at one end to the lower corners of the posterior supporting part and at the other end at the side to the lower edge oi the upper portion of the garment and stocking suspenders each slidable on a strap. 7

SONIA SALKIND. 

